2 PART I: JAPANESE UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION AND THEIR RESULTS. 1. Men are not born with ideas and opinions. They acquire them as they grow up, through their upbringing and education. In general, the Japanese has the same basic inborn "instincts" as the British, the Americans, and all other human beings. Just as we acquire habits and a point of view from our parents and teachers and the world around us which make us characteristically Westerners, so the Japanese acquire his ideas and attitudes from his parents and his world.